lol.........i was wondering to myself if anyone is actually aware of the fact that Scotland has been THE most singulary influential country in the last 200 years...........we ain't living in wee cottages eating turnips and haggis y'know.....lol...........
the following is a list of Scottish inventions..............
Logarithms
The Bank of England
Capitalism
The overdraft
The decimal point
The threshing machine
The gravitating compass
Street lighting
The steam engine
The pneumatic tyre
The pedal bicycle
Tarmacadam (the modern road surface)
The locomotive (that's a train by the way..lol)
The bus
The telegraph
The thermos flask
The telephone
The gas mask
Colour photographs
The lawnmower
Television
The fax machine
The photocopier
Video
The kaleidoscope
Theory of combustion
Electric light
Geology
Gardenias
Helium
Radar
Neon
Artificial ice
Dolly, the cloned sheep
The hypodermic syringe
Anaesthesia
Morphine
Antiseptics
Insulin
Penicillin
Interferon
The thermometer
Ante-natal clinics
Golf
Curling
Shinty
Tennis courts
The bowling green
Electronic
The alpha chip
Blue lasers
Kerr Lens Modelocking techniques
Marmalade
Writing paper
The fountain pen
Postcards
The Mackintosh (aka raincoats)
Suspenders
Finger-printing
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Documentary films
The traffic cone
Sherlock Holmes
ok..........i just thought i'd mention it.........lol (not that anyones interested....lol )
fluffy